I am unsure if anyone has any relation to this side effect but it seems like Adderall works on me like a mute button and i really don't talk a lot at all yet if i do not take it i'm back to my blabber-mouthed self...????

That's my son and I!! For some reason I feel awkward in silent moments and have this urge to say something, even it's dumb. When I take my med., I find I don't talk impulsively.

Yeah, I can totally relate. A mute button is the perfect way to describe it! Usually I ramble on and on nonsensically, but on Adderall, I'm MUCH quieter and don't really have a lot to say at all.

Wow! I'm having the complete opposite experience.

Both my son and I are talking EVEN MORE, if that's at all possible!

I babble constantly. I'm always apologizing, but people seem to actually enjoy it. I think I'm just more interesting now that I can actually THINK.:p

Ditto on the mute.

I'm very laid back and quiet when taking Adderall. But I can still turn on the old fire when I need it. Even when I get up a full head of steam, I speak much slower and deliberately. The... effect ... is ... very ... compelling.

While strattera took the edge off of the symptoms, Adderall just switches them off.

I can patiently sit quietly and work for hours. It's definitely changed my life for the better.

My wife recently got back on her Adderall after a hiatus due to surgery. Now she talks non-stop. It's refreshing to see her so upbeat and energetic again, but at times it's driving me absolutely batty ! Oh well, we've been together 26 years and we will make to 50 years - at least!

Keith:p

It depends how long you've been on it. It makes you talk a lot until your body gets the hang of metabolizing it. Then once your liver has figured it out you get more introverted.

It depends how long you've been on it. It makes you talk a lot until your body gets the hang of metabolizing it. Then once your liver has figured it out you get more introverted.I don't think that's it. Barbyma for example, has been taking it long enough to have adjusted.

I wonder if people with the hyperactive form of ADD might talk less on Adderall, while those who have the inattentive form might talk more.

Same here with me. I've noticed I also feel more self-concious about what I say and how I say it (in a bad way, I agonize about what I'm going to say and feel like I sound stupid). I also feel more socially awkward when I'm on the med than when I'm not.

No med has been able to shut me up yet, but then expecting a little pill to do what my parents, teachers, and others have failed to do is asking a lot. No wait -- when they put me under general anestetic, that quieted me right down -- but not practical for everyday use!:p

I do think a bit more before I spit it out there, but there's such a back log of things to say, that doesn't really slow me down. When I outgrew my physical hyperactivity, it all transfered to my mouth.

Scattered

Before taking ADD meds I was a chatterbox. I embarrass myself far less now. And I don't constantly interrupt others! Yes, changed my life for the better too (and reputation).

I do feel that adderyl shuts me up. Before i felt scatter brained, like all my thoughts were bouncing uncontrollably in my head. Now those thoughts are floating. I have more control of them and little tasks dont feel so big. Still I am concerned of the inconsistancy of my doses. If i skip taking the meds on the weekend, the first day i take it again i feel really jittery and ansy. It takes about 2 days to feel calm in my system. I feel I can listen to people more, but really sometimes i feel i get so focused (20mg Adderyl XR) at about the four hour mark that I become stary and uninterested in what peopple have to say. Do you think i am taking too much or two little? Should I try not-extended release?? I took adderyl to focus me more, but is it focusing me too much sometimes? No doubt i need this medicine but i don't want to be a zombie!!

Mute button! That is a perfect description! It has saved me from saying things I shouldn't. It's helped me think twice before saying anything.
But I still chatter on aimlessly sometimes..I'm just a little more in control?

~gourmet~

i have this exact same symptom, i've been taking adderall and adderall XR for about 5 years now and its effectlivly silenced me. We've tried countless other AD/HD medications but none of them seemed to have any effect on me being able to focus in school. It basically makes me too anxious to speak to people whenever i take adderall, even though normally im a pretty talkative/friendly person when im not on it. Any suggestions?

I took Strattera and like it was said earlier, that just treated the symptoms. Adderall just shuts them off. I have ADHD though too. I've gotten a lot quieter (just don't feel like talking,) I don't look around that much, I have this urge to finish what I started. I hate taking my lunch breaks when I'm in the middle of working.

One of my biggest disappointments with Adderall has been that it does not seem to increase my ability to focus in meetings, whether that be at school, or at church. I get much more done when I take the Adderall and seem to be able to focus on tasks much better, just not in meetings. After a year and a half as a foster parent to some pretty "delayed" kids, we think we have figured out why. My ADHD has come with a processing delay. I hear what's being said, but I'm always several minutes behind processing what is said. In a way, the Adderall makes this problem worse as I attend to what is said more, and therefore have more to process. It all makes sense tho' - In school, I always had the best answers - five minutes AFTER the teacher asked the questions !
Keith

I took Strattera and like it was said earlier, that just treated the symptoms. Adderall just shuts them off. I have ADHD though too. I've gotten a lot quieter (just don't feel like talking,) I don't look around that much, I have this urge to finish what I started. I hate taking my lunch breaks when I'm in the middle of working.
Boy can I relate to that last line ! I had a job collecting returned checks for a large department store chain. I hated anything that interrupted me in my work, breaks and lunch included. I managed to keep working through my break times, but I was ORDERED to take my lunch breaks - Some kind of legal thing. Eventually however, I paid the price for not being "social" enough. They didn't fire me because I got so much work done, but they made me feel uncomfortable enough, that there was no way I could stay in that job - one of many jobs I lost over the "socializing" factor. :rolleyes:

I kind of like the mute button effect....
Before I was on adderall I would blurt out stupid things without thinking and people would just look at me like "WHAT did you just say?"
But now since I'm on adderall I don't do it anymore and I'm grateful

The adderall quiets me down and stabilizes me. If I take more than what I need, then I absolutely cannot shut up.

Heck yeah. I can be watchin tv or a movie and supposedly someone will be talking to me or trying to get my attention. I wont reply and cant hear a word they said. I feel like I been rude and stuff.

I need to find something else to take the place of adderall.

My doc is flexibal. I am 230lbs. and 6'1 . I become tolerant to a lot of meds real fast. My doctor said I have a wierd system or something. Because of all the epilepsy meds I took none did anything. They did make my hair greasy and face oily.